BY JED WIGHTMAN
FOOD DUDE !
BY JED WIGHTMAN
Yes , food is plain and simple , the way nature intended . I ’ m sure you can gather from the title what this article is about . But let me be clear , whole food , real food , food , the way our carbon-based biological forms were meant to intake , process , benefit from and then release . In our world today , rife with processed everything , convenient all in one , packaged “ food like ” product materials . We are inundated with these imitations in daily life everywhere we go . Pushing further from real food , and so a very large portion of our society , culture and especially those of us in the western world have all but forgotten what the REAL food and its meaning for us , place and purpose actually is . So today let me take you on a little journey into “ real food ” and why I say to everyone I ’ ve worked with over the course of my career , when they ask me what the most important thing is regarding performance , fitness , health , and all of that which accompanies … “ Coach , what ' s most important ?” My response : “ FOOD DUDE ”.
Let ’ s start simple , what does food mean ? Pretty easy right ? Well is it ? I ’ m sure most would say things that we eat , perhaps some would go so far as to say things that we need . Which would be more close to accurate . The official definition of food is as follows . “ any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth ”. That covers it for some . It leaves a lot to be discerned , Fortunately , for those of you reading today , we ’ re looking deeper into it . Dig in , we have some unpacking to do .